2 killed in Delaware tour bus turnover
NEW CASTLE, Del. — A bus carrying dozens of passengers finishing up a sightseeing tour crashed and overturned in Delaware, leaving two women dead and several other passengers injured, authorities said.
The wreck did not involve other vehicles and happened around 4:20 p.m. Sunday in New Castle in the northern part of the state, south of Wilmington, officials said. State police said Monday that drugs and alcohol did not play a role.
Forty-nine passengers were on the bus as it drove on an exit ramp, and it was going through a curve when it left the road and overturned, according to a Delaware State Police news release. The bus slid on its roof down a grass embankment and came to rest on its left side, spokesman Sgt. Paul Shavack said in the release.
Hua’y Chen, a 54-year-old woman from New York City, was found under the bus and was pronounced dead at the scene, Shavack said. Idil Bahsi, a 30-year-old woman from Istanbul, was taken to a hospital and died Sunday night.
Police close in on ambush suspect
BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. — Pennsylvania authorities said Monday that they believed they were closing in on a self-taught survivalist accused of killing one state trooper and wounding a second during an ambush earlier this month outside a police barracks in the Pocono Mountains.
“I believe we are close to him,” Lt. Col. George Bivens of the state police said of the suspect, Eric Frein. Bivens said investigators were “following up very aggressively” on tips regarding the whereabouts of Frein, the focus of an intensive manhunt that reached its 10th day. He described the reports as “very credible.”
The authorities said Frein, 31, opened fire on the troopers on Sept. 12 with a high-powered rifle and fled into the countryside, which the police said he knows well. Since then, he has eluded state police officers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, as well as FBI agents.
The search for Frein has narrowed to a few square miles not far from Canadensis, where he lived with his parents.
At the same news conference, Gov. Tom Corbett cautioned residents to “keep your doors locked. Keep your cars locked.”
Missing Afghan officers found at border
BOSTON — Three Afghan National Army officers who disappeared during a training exercise at a Cape Cod military base were detained Monday at the U.S.-Canadian border, Massachusetts law enforcement officials said.
Massachusetts state police were notified that the three were being questioned by federal authorities at Rainbow Bridge, which connects Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ontario, said spokesman David Procopio, who did not have further details.
There was no immediate comment from the Pentagon.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Niagara Falls said they didn’t have the men in custody. Messages left for the Canada Border Services Agency weren’t immediately returned.
Military officials said the Afghan soldiers had been participating in a U.S. Central Command Regional Cooperation training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod. They arrived at Camp Edwards on Sept. 11 and were last seen Saturday at the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis during a day off.
Gov. Deval Patrick, who had been briefed over the weekend on the situation, said earlier Monday that the military did not believe the three soldiers posed a danger to the public.
Kansas Senate candidate reports assets
TOPEKA, Kan. — The independent candidate trying to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts in Kansas disclosed Monday that he owns assets worth between $21.5 million and $86 million.
Greg Orman, a 45-year-old Olathe businessman, released the 38-page document to reporters after submitting it to the Senate over the weekend to meet disclosure requirements.
The report shows that since the beginning of 2013, Orman and his wife, Sybil, have earned between $917,000 and $4.5 million in income. Most of the assets and income are associated with Orman’s business interests.
Roberts reported in August that he and his wife own assets worth between $1.6 million and $4 million, with outside income in 2013 of between $83,800 and $260,100.
Orman is the co-founder of a private equity firm and his business dealings have come under scrutiny because of his personal and business ties to Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs board member sentenced to federal prison in 2012 for insider trading, one of the biggest catches in a multiyear government crackdown on Wall Street.
Roberts campaign manager Corry Bliss said the disclosure report doesn’t answer enough questions about those ties and Orman’s other businessman dealings.
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